Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-04-14


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The New York Grant Monument Funt
committee recently had meeting ant
filed vacancies in its ranks. What mos
needs to be filled is the yawning vacanc.
in its treasury.
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, Milwaukee,
railroad king, talks with broad Scotch
accent, which does not prevent him, how
ever, from getting the talk down to {
fine point when necessary.
QUEEN VICTORIA paid $4,000 to see al
exclusive performance at the Olympic
Hippodrome. Such are the penalties OF
royalty. Ordinary people can go to te
the circus for so cents.
AN earthquake shock at Monte CARO-
in Italy, caused great land slide Ihurs
dav, the railway and the carriage-road De
.in9 hurled under the mass of rock anc
earth. Railway trains from France mac
a narrow escape.
REV. R. KEIDELL, of Mason City, La.
was paralyzed on Sunday at the close o.
his sermon. Judge j. V. Eustace, o.
Dixon, ILL.,, is rapidly recovering from
similar attack.
AT Mount Sterling, Kentucky, before
daylight, on Monday, ID Cornallsof
was arrested and placed in jail to serve
three years for horsewhipping sudg'
Reid. who soon afterward committed
snicide because of his sense of disgrace
HERMAN SoHrLTzER, residing at NO
961 North Hoyne avenue, Chicago, was
last December bitten by a dog. Earl!
Monday morning he became very vloien
from hydrophebia, and on being remov
ed to the county jail expired IN elgh
hours, in terrible agony.
The Interstate commerce commission
has ordered that applications for ofiicla
action shall be made by petition under
oath. The Mobile and Ohio road has
asked relief a. to rates because of water
competition.
The California schoolmasters are no
to be fooled with. The other day m as
culine at Lodi, (CaD licked fifteen young
misses "for making fun and sticking III
their noses at him." The case has gone
10 a court of iustice for settlement.
The latest attempt to assassinate thu
car was made by an officer OF the Rus
sian army, who fired at and missed him
The car can hardly relish these thing
under any circumstances, but the outrag'
in this case is aggravated by the evidence
it gives of army's inefficiency with fire
arms.
KELLY motor stock is again booming
in Philadelphia, on account of a repor
that the invention is complete. Keel,
completes his motor about as numerousl.
as Barnum his farewell tours of the coun
try.
THREE marriage ceremonies were re
ouired between Madame Nilsson and he
second husband, in order to make 1t blne
ing civilly and enthusiastically. They are
married about as thoroughly as the Chi
cago boodlers were indicted.
MISS SOPHIE MARKoE, of Washington
is distressed over the newspaper no
toriety gained through her reported en-
gagement to Secretary Bayard, and de
MES that there is the slightest foundation
of fact for such an announcement.
The veteran soldiers of southwest WI
consin will hold their next re1Aion a
Shullsburg, Lafayette county, June L ane
2. Addresses will be delivered by Gov
Rusk and Congressman R. NJ. La Fol
lette.
AN off hand rifle match was shot a
Dubuque, Iowa, on the sixth instant be
tween N. Budd, of Des Moines, cham
pion wing shot of the world, and W. w
Wormod, The range was 200 yards, ant
Mr.. Wormod won.
QUEEN MARGARETTA, of Italy, took pit.
on the reporters who were puzzled owe
the toilets at recent court bail at Rome
and dictated to them description of tn
handsome dresses. She wound up Will
the injunction not to forget her neck
lace of pearls, saying, "for these are tn
things that especially interest your lad,
readers"
THIRTY-CNE decorated cars loaded witt
corn came to Chicago from Hebron
Thayer county. Neb. They bore sucl
notices as "a paper mill wanted" ,00
farmers wanted" "Soil four feet deep,
'sCorn is king" PLENTY of power on tn
Little Blue river" This is the first con
signment over new railroad and is in
tended to boom that part of the Unite,
States.